The 2005 Dodge Caravan is one of the fourth siring Dodge minivans, besides marketed as the Chrysler Town & Nation and the Plymouth Voyager. The 2005 Troop epigram the debut of the Stow & Get-up-and-go seating process, whereby the motorcar's rear seats could fold Apartment lodgings into the floor, providing easier access the available load earth. You should perform a "3k" avail every 3,000 miles to carry the Band's 2.4, 3.3 or 3.8 litre engine running in top action.
Instructions
1. Grounds the Troop's front wheels on the two vehivle ramps carefully. Situate the transmission in grassland, locate the parking brake and block the left-rear tire with two revolve chocks.
2. Clear the Troop's hood and clasp it dehiscent with the hood prop rod. Remove the oil filler cap, located equitable below the cowl approximately halfway across the engine bright-eyed.
3. Add oil until the level reads at the upper end of the cross-hatched area on the dipstick. Do not overfill. Visually check the drain plug and filter for leaks.9.
4. Reinstall the engine oil extract plug once the oil has finished pouring gone of the oil pan and into the empty pan. When tightening the oil drain plug, effect not turn it another than 1/4-turn too after the plug mind contacts the pan, to avoid over-tightening it.
5. Slide the void pan under the oil filter, located decent in front of and to the honest of the oil pan. Remove the Cart's oil filter with the oil filter wrench. Apply a thin coat of oil to the rubber gasket on the new oil filter and put it on the Caravan's engine by hand; do not tighten the filter with the oil filter wrench.
6. Wipe the oil pan, oil filter and surrounding areas off with a rag or two to remove any used oil that may have spilled. Climb out from under the Caravan with all your tools and supplies.
7. Pour three quarts of 5w20 engine oil into the engine through the oil filler neck to start with in order to avoid overfilling the crankcase. Put the oil cap on and start the engine. Count to 10 before shutting the engine off.
8. Wait two minutes, then remove the engine oil dipstick, located at the front, center of the engine bay, and wipe it off before reinserting it. Pull the dipstick back out and note the oil level on the dipstick. Climb under the front boundary of the Camper with a void pan, 13 mm box wrench, oil filter wrench, au courant oil filter and rags. Situate the void pan directly under the engine oil pan filter plug. Remove the oil drain plug with the 13 mm box wrench and grant the deficient engine oil to void.
Use the flashlight to inspect the engine for leaks and inspect the condition of the serpentine belt (if you note signs of cracking, fraying or rib loss you will need to replace it).
10. Release the tabs on the air cleaner box, on the driver's side of the engine well, by hand. Open the air cleaner box by lifting the lid off by hand.
11. Pull the air filter out and hold it up to a light source; if you can see through the filter, put it back in -- if not, replace it. Close the air filter box and then close the Caravan's hood by hand.
12. Drive the Caravan off the ramps carefully after moving the wheel chocks away from the rear wheel.
